"6"^^ . . "My fiance and I went to Habitat with another couple before the opening night of Our Town. I'm happy to report the play was amazing. I wish the same could be said for the dinner. I think it's finally time this place is recognized for exactly what it is: a horribly overpriced, uninspired hotel restaurant. \n\nThe restaurant itself is pretty - tall windows, fairly predictable furnishings and style, though the carpet is awful. We were seated at a table near the kitchen, which you can see into. It's bright and clean, and it was kind of fun to see the chefs work. \n\nWe arrived a little late, and our dining partners were already there. My fiance was immediately warned to not order a Manhattan (the comment, I believe, was that it tasted like fruit punch that was lightly passed over by a bottle of bourbon.) I had an overly sweet champagne cocktail that had more juice in it than bubbly. \n\nThe naan bread was nice and soft, chewy, and we all enjoyed the trio of dips that came out. However, you got about 3 pieces of bread and therefore ended up wasting most of the dips. Sad to say that was probably the high point. \n\n3 of us ordered a soup or salad, after a fully exhaustive performance by the waiter. He eagerly pointed out about 5 different items that \"the chef just loves.\" Listen, I love hearing about specials that aren't on the menu. But I don't need a 3 minute reprisal of dishes that can be clearly read (word for word, I might add) on the menu. It got to the point where we were checking our phones and trying to drone him out.\n\nAnyways, back to the soups and salads. My fiance ordered the beet salad, and almost laughed when it arrived. There was a grand total of 5 tiny cubes of beets, along with goat cheese, honey, and some coarse salt. While not too bad taste-wise, it's criminal to charge $14 for it. I ordered the soup of the day, a \"tortilla\" variety. Overall, not bad taste, but for some unknown reason, there were tough, fibrous strands in it that I actually had to remove from my mouth. Image getting pieces of straw in your soup and that's the general effect. Yuck. I had about 5 spoonfuls and quit. The Local Organic Lettuce salad was unremarkable. \n\nThe real insult came with dinner. 2 of us ordered cod, one got another dish (which I cannot recall now) and I ordered the burger. Their 3 dishes were all above $30 and were quite honestly, terrible. The cod was woefully undercooked, and was soft and slimy, not tender and flaky. To say that mushrooms come with the dish, and then place 3 tiny ones on the plate? Laughable. Our 3rd dining companion was visibly irritated by the quality of his dish. \n\nThe really sad thing? My $13 burger was actually the best of the bunch. It was cooked medium-rare, exactly as ordered. The bacon was delicious and crispy, and the sweet potato fries were hot and crunchy on the outside, and flavorful and tender on the inside. Even the pickle was great. My fiance finished his pitifully small portion of half cooked cod, and ate the other half of my burger. \n\nThe service was also quite slow, and we were left waiting several times for 10-15 minutes, needing drinks, refills, or the check. We declined dessert, and raced off to the PPT. \n\nThe real insult was a bill close to $300. There are many other places I can think of that would have done better for that amount. Habitat claims to be a progressive, high-end restaurant. What it really is? A predictable, boring spot you'd find in any business hotel. Don't be fooled by the website or farm-to-table claims. This place is highly overrated and we definitely will not be back."^^ . "2"^^ . . "2013-10-22T00:00:00"^^ . "0"^^ . . "2"^^ .